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In a recent 'round' of swap cards in a small group I belong to, we had to use the bleaching technique. My partner not only sent a beautiful card, but she also sent some other samples that she had made, but was not particularly happy with, and this was one of them,
I coloured the image, which had been embossed with a sparkly black embossing powder, with my polychromos, keeping to a soft palette.
The sentiment was embossed in silver on a mauve snippet, trimmed and the corners rounded with a punch, then mounted over a lemon snippet that matched the card the image was layered on.
I wanted to use the soft pink ribbon, but it was so sheer the lemon showed through and made it look apricot, so I layered it over a snippet of white card , and wound some mauve toned bakers twine around it, including a double heart charm under the bow
A dotted line was doodled in purple ink, and the lemon panel mounted on the mauve base.
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Beautiful done Maxine. A stunning card.
ReplyDeleteWell Maxine you have been busy, that’s a really lovely happy anniversary Stamp, isn’t it?.. I, love the lettering and especially love that you’ve embossed it. And the subtle colouring really looks great on this card, love it all.
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adorable bird Image Maxine and love the added of the ribbon and heart pluse twine on the left side
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Great job
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Monika
Maxine this is such a pretty anniversary card. I love the addition of the charm. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous creation Maxine pretty image and the sentiment looks very delicate using the silver EP, thanks for joining us over at Stamping Sensations challenge this month.
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WOW! Gorgeous card Maxine. Great work with the bleaching and then adding colour back in. Your birds and flowers are beautiful! I love the colour combination ... so lovely. Great idea to add the white card stock under your pink ribbon - looks amazing layered with the lemon ribbon. Wonderful details with your heat embossed sentiment and those linked hearts. xx
ReplyDeleteA very pretty card Maxine
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Maxine! I love the soft colors with the metallics! Just stunning!
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This is a lovely card!
ReplyDeleteLovely card. I like the birds and that is a beautiful word stamp. Anniversary stamps are hard to find.
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Beautiful card. Thanks for all the details. Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet bird image! The coloring is lovely and soft. I love the heart charms. So very pretty!
ReplyDeleteAww.. how sweet this card is Maxine. Perfect Anniversary card :)
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty Maxine, a beautiful Anniversary card.
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Wow, love how you took what someone wasn't happy with and made it into a gorgeous card Maxine! Love your soft coloring, what a great idea to put white cardstock behind the pink ribbon, it looks great with the yellow. Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful piece Maxine. Nice to collab with a friend! Hugs, Wends xoxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stamp and glorious anniversary card, love the little hearts and twine on the side...stunning.xx
ReplyDeleteHi Maxine - this is such a pretty card. I love that image and the soft colouring you have done. The mauve/pink and lemon look great together on the sentiment - beautiful details my friend xo
ReplyDeleteSo beautifully done Maxine. Love the embossing and wonderful colors!
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Such a pretty card. I love the birds and the light blue background is dreamy and so much like the sky.
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Monica
A delightful image and how lovely it must be with sparkly black embossing powder. I have never thought of using that for outlining but it sounds as if it would be just perfect.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Neet xx
It turned out as a beautiful card! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty card Maxine, and beautiful colouring. I love the overall soft and gentle feel of the entire card - so restful.
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Di xx
Very pretty and a nice design with the twine and charms hanging on the side. CarolG
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful and delicate, Maxine, the soft colours are gorgeous and the silver embossed sentiment is perfect. Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.
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Beautiful card! gorgeous colors and sweet image:) Thanks for joining us atNSHK. DT Ingunn
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